David A. Boness
Professor of Physics and Department Chair
Current courses
- Physics 487: Senior Synthesis
- Undergraduate Research
My research interests
- Solid-Earth geophysics; Shock waves in condensed matter
- Optics experimentation and atmospheric scattering
Publications and presentations
Education
- B.A., Physics and Philosophy, Yale University
- M.S., Geophysics, University of Washington
- Ph.D., 1991, Geophysics, University of Washington
Courses I have taught
- From Quarks to the Cosmos
- Science as a Human Process
- Origins
- Introduction to Earth Science (at Santa Clara University)
- Electricity, Magnetism, and Thermodynamics
- Mechanics
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Waves, Optics, and Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamics
- Relativity
- Introduction to Quantum Physics
- Modern Physics Laboratory
- Computing Tools for Physical Science
- Intermediate Mechanics I
- Intermediate Mechanics II
- Electromagnetic Field Theory
- Atomic Physics Laboratory
- Modern Physical Measurement
- Computational Physics
- Introduction to Geophysics
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Solid State Physics
- Senior Synthesis
- Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar: Science and Religion
- Undergraduate Research
Other interests
- The unfortunate tension between the sciences and the rest of the humanities
- Mass extinctions and the natural history of life on Earth
- Cosmology
- Hiking, cross-country skiing, and volleyball
David A. Boness
Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
Seattle University
901 12th Ave, PO Box 222000
Seattle, WA 98122
phone: (206) 296-5924
fax: (206) 296-6266
My email address is dboness (follow by @seattleu.edu).
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